I was up early for a big meeting this morning. Everything was going fine, then the earth literally started to shake (I'm in NYC). The meeting paused and then out of nowhere the client left. I've spent hours trying to track them down to see what happened and it turns out they saw the earthquake as a bad sign for merging their company. So, they are backing out of talks. Who thinks like this in a 2024 business setting?

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That’s kinda weird… so much for all that talk on making data driven decisions. Seems business decisions are emotional and non-logical after all.

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Youd be surprised. Not everyone thinks like you bud

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Whaaaaat the F! Lmaooo. This is genuinely hilarious.

lol. All about them… probably looking for a reason.

lol - that's pretty odd. I guess they got all shook up - lol. I work in Connecticut and many of my coworkers noticed when the earthquake happened. I was on a zoom call and didn't notice anything.

Serious businesses men making serious decisions

Hahahahahaah

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I’m curious, was this person American? Could be a cultural perspective.

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